Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
TIE KNIGHTS Or LABOR.
Report OF the General SECRETARY OF the Or
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MINNEAPOLIS, Oct z. p. McGAu hey, sec
retars of the co-opera i've board Of toe Knight
Of Labor, said this morning that The result O
the vote In the case If James b. Buchanan
the rejected deit 9 ate from district assenk
-, OF Denver, az gwen by letter, was falls
and that the vote was unanimous against BIZ,
.hanan.
GENERAL s~ECRETARY'9 REPORT.
G-nerai Secretsr, Litchman presented hi
report to-day. 1t was very vo'umiuous. L
shows that the numoer Of IN, mbers rep~rte
in good standing at the last session OF the
general assembly was 703 COO; the receipt
for the iiscsi year ending july ! are show
to be 1855, 1O0, giving with the balance %
hand, u grand total Of s50S 900. Considers
ton Of the qlesi ion Of es ablishing a coop.
erative saviss assoctst'oa WAS recommended
also that tn. assemblies be made com p~ulsory
instead Of perID,eeive. Mr.. Lichtman figure
the decrease Ia the membership since the las
general assembly az 1913 900. He ir climate
that the buzz of this decrease was composed
Of materi.l thar had proved itself weakness
rather than strength. Among the recommeA
dattons Iuede by the general secretary is one
that the suhject OF establishing a cooperative
savings association be carefully consid.
cred by the committee on the state Of the
authority be given TO secure an act OF incor
poration Cor The organization and manage
ment OF such institution. The secrets,
further recommends that etate assemblies hi
made compulsory instead Of permissive and
that there be Legislation wiich will make
more stringent the prohibition OF the name Of
the order or sny Of its symbols for business
purposes. Ga this reint the secretary SAYS
that To. geseral assembly would
be j~sstil,d In p-aes!sg q law placing . Boy
colt on eve article upon whic. the initials
OF 'he order or an, OF it's symbols were used
w~ith.uttte sarclon Of The general ex-cutiv,
board. Regarding the embezzlemen Of fund,
by LEGAL officers wh, subsequently, abscosdod
the secretary recommends that II he siAte1 IL
the constitution cat notice of trial sent Il
the last known address tf the absoond!ng
officer b. considered a legsi summons
ONE. |. VI Barry, general investigator, made
a report.
Uyon the s~trenlth ~ her o)servation an0
Experience, Size asks hat more considers ion
be given to, md more thorough educational
measures scoyttd on behalf OF working wo.
men, re m~aioctv OF whom sr. entirely ignor
mt % eco. umy and he industrial question
SLe recommends that II ce maze ~c0nlur's r,
upon cv,ry DIS Itcr, state or national trad
ASSEMBLY u nave 0oe or more ecucators; that
organizer, b. urged to put forth greater
efforts To Ia .uicate true pTi' ctpics Il
the order In the minis of newly or. an
lied lccai'; that the order turn it, whole u a.
divided attention to the fsrning of co-op.ra.
tive enterprse., paricul,rly IN nauutac u
ing mems, wornrn's and cliiiran's garmesfs,
rs IA this branch WON "a sui r mos from
poor wages; that VIC here 4ad now adopt q
practical line OF policy for uprooting the cor.
rupt and unlust system, 10 puCsuit OF which
there wi De no tine for III >k,ng the order on
the Dattle fed wherein to avenge tine real or
imaginary or personal grievances. Several
instances Of cruel troatsienI Of working wo.
men are cited.